Device for heating vehicle-tires



(No Model.)

' S. S. MILLEDGE.

DEVICE FOR HEATING VEHICLE TIRES. I No. 393,022. Patented N0v.20, 1888.

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UNITED STATES STEPHEN S. MILLEDGE, OF CARROLLTON, ILLINOIS.

DEVICE FOR HEATING VEHICLE-TIRES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 393,022, dated November20,1888. 7 Application filed March 21, 1888. Serial No. 267.940. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, STEPHEN S. IVIILLEDGE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Oarrollton, inthe State of Illinois, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Devices for HeatingVehicle-Tires, of which the following is a specification, to wit:

This invention relates to devices for heating wagon-tires; and itconsists in certain peculiarities of theconstruction and arrangement .ofthe same, substantially as will be hereinafter more fully set forth andclaimed.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionpertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 is a side View, and Fig. 2 a plan view, of my device;and Figs. 3 and 4 are details of parts of the same.

a represents the main frame, of suitable size and material, mounted uponlegs to lift it to a proper and convenient height, and provided withsupports of any suitable kind for supporting the tires thereon whilethey are being operated upon. This device is at one side provided with asupply-tube, a, connecting at its upper end with a reservoir, (d, forgasoline, oil, or other suitable fluid to be burned. The lower end ofthis supply-tube is provided with a stop-cock, o to regulate the flow tothe burners, and is extended through or under the main frame to itscenter, where it is provided with a series of radial arms, a, which willbe of any desirable number and size; but four are herein represented,and are found usually to be sufficient for the purposes in view.

Each of the radial arms a is at its end provided with a doublesocket-joint, b, to which are hinged a pair of arms, I), each of whichcarries upon its outer end a curved jet-tube, I), provided with a seriesof jets or burners, b suitable for burning the fluid or liquid used forfuel, and which are preferably constructed with forked ends, as at 0*,to produce a forked flame, as will be hereinafter described. The radialarms a are also each provided with a dropped extension, a, each of whichis provided with a double socket, c, hinged arms 0,

burner-tubes c and jets c exactly as just described, except that theburnertubes b are of smaller curve or diameter and have their jets orburners upon their outer sides, while the tubes 0 are bent upon a largercurve and have their jets upon the inside.

The tire to be heated is laid upon the main frame and the jet-tubesadjusted around it near its inner and outer sides. The jets being thenlighted are thrown against the tire, which is rapidly and evenly heatedas may be required, and by the use of the forked jets it will beunderstood at once that two tires may be heated at one time,- as in Fig.3 of the drawings.

The jointed arms are readily adjusted to suit tires of variousdiameters,and the device saves considerably in time and fuel as well as insuringthe even heating and expanding of the metal.

I do not desire to confine myself to the exact construction herein shownand described,

but will vary this as experience or special circumstances may dictatewithout departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. Ina device for heating tires, the combination of an inner and an outercircular burner-tube, one provided with jets or burners on its outer andthe other on its inner side,whereby the tire is heated from both sides,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a device for heating tires, a circular jet or burner tube formedin sections and each section supported upon adjustable hinged arms,whereby the size of the jet-circle is conformed to the size of the tireto be heated, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a device for heating-tires, the combination,witl1 thereservoir,its supply-tube, and the radial pipes leading therefrom, eachpro vided with two double socket-joints at its outer end, of the innerand outer sectional jet or burner tubes, and the hinged arms connectingthese sections with the radial arms, substantiall y as and for thepurpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

STEPHEN S. MILLEDGE.

\Vitnesses:

E. A. DOOLITTLE, CHAS. H. Honours.

